Author’s Note: This is an essay comparing and contrasting Steve’s parents in the book Monster by Walter Dean Meyer.

The book Monster, by Walter Dean Meyer, is about a boy who committed a crime and is now paying off for it.  Steve was claimed of being a look out for a robbery for which he was framed for and is in jail having court dates to see if he is guilty or not. Steve’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harmon, are very different, but the same in many ways.

In the novel, people say that he was one of the people who was involved in the robbery and was the lookout for them when they committed the crime. The court is debating on to let him go, or send him to jail for either 25 years to life.While he`s been in jail his fear of everything has stopped,he says there is nothing out there that can be as terrifying as the stuff he has heard, seen in jail. In this novel, Steve has realized that even though he knows he didn’t do it that he will be good and do good things so good thing will maybe happen to him. He would never do that to Mr. Nesbit (the owner of the store).

Mr. and Mrs. Harmon (Steve’s parents) are very calm and are being very helpful to their son Steve, They are on his side on the investigation because they know that he wouldn’t do that and he knows better. When things with their son come up about thing like this they will help him and they will always be there for him do anything to help him.

Another similarity is their desire to fix these problems.  To solve all these problems, Mr. and Mrs. Harmon going to fix them by is getting him a good lawyer and backing him up in this because they don’t want to see him go down this way, they know he didn’t do it but everyone else doesn’t. When Mr. and Mrs. Harmon do have similar is that when it comes to their son they know write to wrong and they know how he is.

Things that make Mr. and Mrs. Harmon different are emotional differences, they both take it hard but Mrs. Harmon takes it worse. Other difference`s they have are the ways they handle the problem and what they each do the same but separately to fix the problem. They both teach Steve different things, his dad teaches him to stand up for himself and never back down from anything to anyone and always have pride. His mom usually teaches him stuff like always clean up for yourself and make sure things are clean.